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Conference roundup, with reflections from Brenda Andreas
Read our latest blog post about CPCRN members’ conference presence and presentations over the past few months, including reflections from Brenda Andreas, CPCRN Patient Council Co-Chair. Click here to view the post.
New Resources Page
We compiled a list of resources for PBRLNs on our website to support PBLRN development. Click here to learn more.
The resource page includes an excellent infographic about the Patient-Reported Indicator Surveys (PaRIS) OECD project, created based on a CPCRN Learning Series Webinar. Click here to view.
Grant awarded to CPCRN researchers
A research team that includes several CPCRN researchers—Marie-Ève Poitras, Annie Leblanc and Sabrina Wong—received a grant from the Canadian Medical Association, MD Financial Met and Scotiabank, to develop key infrastructure for using patient-reported data on outcomes and experiences in primary care (PREMs and PROMs). The CPCRN integrates these measures with electronic medical records as part of the primary care information system. Click here to learn more.
CPCRN Learning Series
Meeting the Needs of Unattached Patients
October 1, 12-1 PM ET
The upcoming Learning Series will bring together researchers and policymakers to explore the current context for unattached patients and what we know about their experiences and primary care needs. Register here.
Save the Dates – Events
CADTH’s 2024 Symposium
Registration is now open for CADTH’s 2024 Symposium, taking place September 4-6, 2024. The theme of Symposium 2024 is From Disruption to Opportunity: Embracing Change in Health Care. Click here to learn more.
PxP 2024 Conference (For Patients, By Patients)
Led by an international team of patient and public partners, this free, virtual event will take place September 10-13. It aims to bring a wealth of knowledge, skills and resources on patient engagement in health research. Click here to learn more.
PAINtalks 2024
The 9th PAINtalks edition will be held on November 7, at 6:30 pm (EDT) and will be a hybrid event, in person in Montreal. Registration is mandatory. Inspired by TED-style presentations, this event is bilingual, free and open to all. It will provide presentations focused on the field of pain. Click here to learn more.
Family Medicine Forum 2024
Organized by the College of Family Physicians Canada, this conference will take place November 6-9 in Vancouver. Click here to learn more.
CPCRN Primary Care Learning Cycle, November 18th – 19th, 2024 – Quebec City
We are excited to share registration and hotel links for our Primary Care Learning Cycle for this November in Quebec City, just before the NAPCRG Conference. There is no cost to attend. We hope to see many of you there! See details and register for our conference at this link. Book your Hilton hotel room here. Please reach out to our Administrative Coordinator, Manuela Beeckmans at admin@cpcrn-rcrsp.ca if you have any questions.
Research Project Spotlight
International “What Matters to You?” Day 2024
On Jun 6, 2024, we celebrated What Matters to You Day, a day for conversation about putting people at the heart of their care. This year we shared some words from one of our esteemed community members, Mpho Begin. You can read a full interview with Mpho here.
SPOR Events and Opportunities
CIHR Funding Opportunities that have a POR
Moving Upstream: Structural Determinants of Health Catalyst Grants
You can find a recording of an information session about the Moving Upstream grant here.
Call for abstracts: Putting Patients First 2024
The Putting Patients First conference in Vancouver is now accepting submissions that address or explore challenges and opportunities for health system research and improvement! This year’s conference will showcase why learning communities are important enablers of change in the health and health research ecosystems. Submission deadline: August 25, 2024, 11:59pm PST. Click here to learn more.
Call for trainees in Patient-Oriented Research
Are you a student, resident, fellow, or early-career investigator/health professional? PASSERELLE, the SPOR National Training Entity, is conducting a national study to understand and address your needs and preferences for capacity-building activities, including training and learning, mentorship, and networking. To participate: https://bit.ly/4bnuwvk. For more information, please contact PASSERELLE at info@passerelle-nte.ca.
CHILD-BRIGHT’s 2024 Training Innovation Fund is now open
The CHILD-BRIGHT Network’s 2024 Training Innovation Fund provides a maximum of $10,000 to up to four training initiatives that complement patient-oriented research (POR) activities in implementation science and knowledge mobilization. Initiatives must support POR related to childhood brain-based developmental disabilities and actively integrate the principles of equity, diversity, inclusion, decolonization, and Indigenization. Click here to learn more.
BRIC NS Primary Care Research Day
BRIC NS’s Primary Care Research Day is designed to foster discussion and collaboration in primary care research. This year’s theme is Connecting Primary Care. Join them October 9 in Halifax, NS. Click here to learn more.
Maritime Health Research Summit
The Maritime SPOR SUPPORT Unit’s Maritime Health Research Summit will bring healthcare leaders and health researchers together. The theme is Moving the Dial on Learning Health Systems. Join them October 24 in Darthmouth, NS. Click here to participate.
Énoncé de position sur l’amélioration continue de la qualité (ACQ)
The Quebec SPOR Support Unit released a position paper on continuous quality improvement (CQI). It provides definitions, context and recommendations for CQI in Quebec. You can read the full statement here (only available in French).
Recommended Reading
Collaborative implementation science: a Can-SOLVE CKD case example
To combat the lag between identifying evidence-based interventions and their implementation, Can-SOLVE CKD created an “Implementation Toolkit” and “Pathway to Implementation” guide to support research teams and their partners. Read the case example.
Assessing the impact of Canadian primary care research and researchers
A study co-authored by CPCRN researchers measures the impact and describes the characteristics of publications by Canadian primary care researchers. Read the article. Read a blog post about it from Réseau-1 Québec, the Quebec component of the CPCRN.
Other Opportunities
Infant and Early Mental Health (IEMH) 2024 Survey of Primary Care Practitioners
Infant and Early Mental Health Promotion at the Hospital for Sick Children is recruiting primary care practitioners on their needs when working with children 0-3. The survey should tale only five minutes. Click here to take the survey.
Work with the Quebec component of the CPCRN
Réseau-1 Québec is hiring a communications officer. The team is flexible and motivated; a budget is set aside for training and protecting staff learning time; and the timetable and working methods, whether face-to-face or virtual, are adapted to suit everyone. Deadline: August 12. Click here to apply.
Improving the Care and Experiences of Living Kidney Donors
McGill University Health Research Centre is recruiting clinicians caring for living kidney donors (LKDs). The study will identify and develop strategies to address the concerns of LKDs and family physicians and to develop the appropriate tools and resources that can help improve LKDs’ experiences, care, and outcomes. Click here to learn more.
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